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FROM THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
JUNE 26, 1919
ON SUPPLYING THE ARMY WITH FOOD AND FORAGE31

Convene tomorrow morning a conference consisting of representatives of the TsUS, the Food Department of the Army, and the People's Commissariat of Food. Give the following assignments:

a) As a matter of priority, discuss the question of assigning up to 25% of food workers at the disposal of the special food commission of the Eastern Front from the food-consuming provinces.

b) Clarify the actual state of the army's supply with grain forage and work out emergency relief measures.

c) Discuss the question of appointing Bryukhanov as chairman of the Food Commission of the Army of the Western Front.

Instruct comrade Svidersky to convene this conference tomorrow morning and complete the work by four o'clock; if agreement is not reached, then at six o'clock tomorrow convene a session of the Council of Defense.

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ON THE DELIVERY OF QUALIFIED WORKERS 
TO THE PODOLSK, TULA AND SIMBIRSK FACTORIES

Instruct the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions to take the most urgent measures to mandatorily satisfy the needs of the Simbirsk, Podolsk and Tula factories with the necessary quantity of qualified workers for three-shift operation. A report on the fulfillment to be presented to the Council of Defense in two weeks' time.

"One million cartridges departed Moscow on June 25 at 20 hours 9 minutes by express train No. 6 in cars 50781, 461026, 67147 under the escort of Pavel Valuiko. In addition, two million cartridges departed Tula on June 25 by special express train No. 502 in cars 689257, 102280, 772866, 425007 and 110046. The cartridges are going at Stalin's disposal."

1919 YEAR
ON THE ACTUAL PROGRESS OF MOBILIZATION WORK

a) Propose that Vserosglavshtab present within a week or two a report with exact brief numerical data on the progress of mobilization of each age group, as well as on professional mobilization. In addition to all other data, there must be information on how many persons of a given age were registered, how many were accepted into the armed forces, and how many were exempted from conscription.

b) Vserosglavshtab is proposed to present data on why, given the large number of those accepted through mobilization, the number sent as replacements to the front proved disproportionately small.

c) Instruct Vserosglavshtab to present within a week exact information on: 1) what measures are being taken and must be taken by it so that the fronts in the coming weeks be given a sufficient quantity of replacements consisting of those trained in military affairs, 2) what measures have been taken to increase the quantity of those trained from the conscription age-group and send them to the front without any withdrawal at maximum speed.

d) Instruct the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic to prepare immediately a report to the Council of Defense on questions concerning the mobilization of those who will turn 19 years old in August of the current year. The report of the representative of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic on this question to be presented to the Council of Defense in two weeks' time.

ON THE TELEGRAM OF K. E. VOROSHILOV OF JUNE 26

Instruct the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic to conduct an immediate investigation: a) how many cartridges exactly were at the disposal of the RSFSR from June 20 to 26 of the current year, if possible on a daily basis, b) how many of this quantity were given in the indicated period to the Southern Front and how many were there in stock, c) how many cartridges were at the XIV Army and how many on the Don Front, and d) how many cartridges were given by TsUS to the XIV Army.